Telegram-herald., 1887-11-21

doctor ! have LAD IN M house N2e4
sickness ~ death came do not want any
OF your pToH5gat< or sthe.stic doctors around
nay loved ones wien the balances u lifs are
trembling Gcctor who has gcAs taropgh
the rleaie eal college, ana IL dlssecssng room
has trsyersed tie w0aders Of the human
laschaaisal aid foazs no God ia any " tbs
l45yF4niEs, i a fool, aad cannot doctor ne or
mine. Bat. on, the Carlstisn doctorsl What
"a comfort they have bsea in many Of our
households And they ought 10 have warm
place Ia our prayers, as well as praise Ga our
tongues Dear cd Dr. Skillman Nv fathers
doctor, nav mothers doctor, IL tie village
hone lie carried al the condolences Of
ell the families fourteen miles around
We all felt better as soon "a we saw him en-
ter the house. His face pronounced bsati-
tude before he said word he welcomed
al Of us children into life, and he closed the
OLD peoples eyes when they entered the last
slumbeg. / think ! know what Christ said
u him when the osd doctor cot tnroagh his
work. l think he was greeted with the
words: Come ia, doctor. i was sick and
ye visited me- | bless God that the number
OF Christian physicians Is multiplying, and
some Of the students of tho medical colleges
are here today. And hall you, and bless
YOU, and | o~dain you 70 the ten
der, beautiful, heaven descended work
Of a Christian physician, and when
you take your diploma IRON tSs
Long Island Medical college 70 look after
the perishable body, be sure also 10 get d.
pl0Ina from the skies To look after the imper-
ishable soul. let ali Christian physicians
unite with ministers Of the Gospel in persuad-
Ing good people that it Is not because God is
AGAINST them that they sometimes feel d.
pressed, tat because Of their diseased body.
Stephen y Douglas gave tie name OF
squatter sovereignty to those who went out
west and took possession OF lands and held
them By right of preoccupation Let
flock of sins settle on your heart before you
get 10 - years Of age, and they viii III all
probability keep possession OF i6 by an in
fernal s1uatter sovereignty. 81 prom
ise to pay ut the bank 500 six months
from date" says the promissory note. Il
promise TO pay my life thirty years from
date at the bank Of the grave says every
infraction Of the laws of your physical
being.
What! VIII n mans body never com
pletely recover from early dissipation in this
worldi Never How about the world 10
Gomez Perhaps God win fix it up in the
resurrection body so that it viii not have TO
Z y,
liver thoroughly damaged and it viii stay
damaged. Physicians call it cancer Of ths
liver, or hardening Of the liver, or cirrhosi,
OF the liver, or inflammation Of the liver, or
fatty degeneration of the liver, but Solomon
puts all these pangs into one figure and says:
''Till the dart strike through his liver"
mat young man smoking cigarettes and
smoking cigars has no idea that he is getting
for himself smoked liver. That young man
has no idea that he has by early dissipation
so depleted his energies that he will go into
the battle only half armed. Napoleon lost
/ Waterloo days before it was fought Had he
attacked the English army before it was re-
| enforced, and taken ii division by division,
| he might have won the day, but he waited
| until he had only 100000 men against 100000
And here is a young mnn who, if he put all
! his forces against the regiment Of youthful
| temptations I'M the strength Of God he might
| drive them back, but he is allowing them to
be REINFORCED by the whole army of midlife
! temptations, and when all these combined
| forces are mabsed against him and no Grouchy
| copes TO help him, and Blucher has come to
! help his foes what but immortal defeat can
await him.
Ny hearer, this is the first sermon you have
| heard on the gospel Of health and it may be
| the last you viii ever hear on that subject and
l charge you, in the name of God and ChTist,
and usefulness and eternal destiny, take bet
ter care Of your health. When some of you
| die, if your friends put on your tombstone
| truthful epitaph, it viii read: Here lies the
victim of late suppe-s, or it will be: "Be-
| hold what chicken salad at midnight viii do
for a man" or it will be: "Ten cigars a
day closed my earthly existence" or it
viii be: "Sat down in a cold draught
and this is the result or it WI
be: 81 died OF thin shoes last winter or il
wa be: event out without an evercoat and
took this last chill" or it VIII be: Thought
/ could do at 20 what did at 20, and 1 am
here;n or it will he: Here is the conse-
/ quence Of sitting half day with wet feet;'
or it VIII be: This is where / have stacked
my harvest of wild oats" or, instead Of
words the stone cutter viii chisel for an
epitaph on the tombstone two figures, name-
! ", n dart and a liver
There is a Kind of sickness that is beautiful
when it comes from overwork for God, or
ones country, or ones own family. have
seen wounds that were glorious. After the
battle Of Aatiesam, in the hospital soldier,
in reply to my question, "Where are you
hurtr uncovered his bosom end showed me
cash that looked like badge of eternal no
bility. / have seen an empty sleeve that was
more beautiful than the most muscular fore
. arm. ] have seen green % over the eye
shot out in battle that was more beautiful
than any two eyes that had passed without
injury i have seen an old mission
airy worn out with the malaria Of Afri-
can jungles who looked TO me more radiant
than rubicgnd gymnast. / have seen a
/ mother after SIX weeks watching over n
| familyof children down with scarlet fever
with glory round her pale and wan face
that surpassed the angelic. II all depends on
how you got your sickness and in what bate
/ your wounds Frederick T. Frelng ghuyseu,
| the pride of New Jerscy-sye, Of the nation
and one OF the pillars OF the Christian church,
AMI for nearly four Tears practically prcsi-
Gent OF toe United States, although in t5s
osTlce OF secretary Of s.a.e, in his ds.srTni1a-
ton 10 make peace with al the governments
on this American continent, vore hinsef
ont. and while his brain was &c keen Is ie ever
was, and MS heart beat as regularly as It ever
did, he wss, scco~yiisg 20 the bulletin os
his physicians at y ashinzt0n and Newsrk,
dying Of hardening o. Che liver. Satan. Who
does not Ike good men. sent dart through
his liver. The last ny dear fTiend-foT Re
was my friend and my fathers friend before
Z me-tae last he was seen IN y as88nrto1 was
I IN the presidents carriage. leaning has head
against the shoulder of the president On his
way 70 tho depot 20 take the train To 80 home
20 die. Martyr q tso rubiic servicc -
6iai f1r his country. thopTh ke diei in tir1e
! r. r. q e. It-r "A.